# langa
## Australian Kriol
### Etymology

From English along. Compare Bislama and Tok Pisin long.

### Preposition

langa
* at, in, on
* to, into
* with

#### Descendants

* → English: longa

## Dalmatian
### Alternative forms

* luanga

### Etymology

From Latin līngua.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlanɡa/

### Noun

langa f (plural lange)
* language
    langa dalmatun ― Dalmatian language
* tongue

## Gooniyandi
### Noun

langa
* salt

## Gurindji
### Noun

langa
* ear

### References

* Gurindji language words from the 50 words project from the Research Unit for Indigenous Language at the University of Melbourne. Retrieved 7 November 2024.

## Icelandic
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlauŋka/, [ˈlɐwŋkɐ]
    Rhymes: -auŋka

### Etymology 1

From Old Norse langa (“to long for; desire”), from Proto-Germanic *langōną (“to desire; long for”), related to English long, German verlangen. More at long.

#### Verb

langa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative langaði, supine langað)
* (impersonal) to cause to want, to make feel like [with accusative ‘someone’, along with í (+ accusative) ‘something’ or að (+ infinitive) ‘to do something’] (idiomatically translated as "want, feel like" with the accusative object as the subject)
    Synonym: vilja
    Mig langar í hest!I want a horse!
    Langar þig í hest?Do you want a horse?
    Hvað langar þig í? — Mig langar í nammi og ís!What do you want? — I want candy and ice cream!
    Mig langar heim. ― I want to go home.
    Hana langaði að hitta foreldra mína. ― She wanted to meet my parents.
* to crave, to have a hankering for
    Synonyms: þrá, girnast

##### Derived terms

* langa til

### Etymology 2

From Old Norse langa; compare Faroese longa.

#### Noun

langa f (genitive singular löngu, nominative plural löngur)
* ling (fish)

##### Derived terms

* blálanga
* miðjarðarhafslanga
* skrokklanga

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Noun

langa m
* inflection of langur:
** accusative indefinite plural
** genitive indefinite plural

## Ilocano
### Etymology

From Sanskrit लिङ्ग (liṅga, “sign; characteristic”).

### Noun

langá
* face; features; looks

## Irish
### Etymology

From Old Norse langa; compare Scottish Gaelic langa.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈl̪ˠaŋɡə/

### Noun

langa m (genitive singular langa, nominative plural langaí)
* common ling (Molva molva)

#### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
langa
langaí
vocative
a langa
a langaí
genitive
langa
langaí
dative
langa
langaí
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an langa
na langaí
genitive
an langa
na langaí
dative
leis an langa don langa
leis na langaí :

### References

* ↑ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 langa”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* ↑ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 302, page 106

### Further reading

* Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “langa”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 418
* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “langa”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

## Karelian

Regional variants of langa :
| North Karelian (Viena) | lanka |
| South Karelian (Tver) | langa |

### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *lanka, probably borrowed from Proto-Germanic *langô.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlɑŋɡɑ/
* Hyphenation: lan‧ga

### Noun

langa (genitive langan, partitive langua)
* (South Karelian) yarn (fiber strand for knitting or weaving)
* (South Karelian) thread

#### Declension
### References

* A. V. Punzhina (1994) “langa”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры) [Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects)], →ISBN

## Latin
### Alternative forms

* langūrus

### Etymology

Maybe from Celtic.

### Noun

langa f (genitive langae); first declension
* A kind of lizard

#### Declension

First-declension noun.

### References

* “langa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* langa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

## Livonian
### Alternative forms

* lānga (Courland)

### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *lanka.

### Noun

langa
* yarn

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Alternative forms

* langen m

### Noun

langa f
* definite singular of lange

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Noun

langa f (definite singular langa, indefinite plural langer or langor, definite plural langene or langone)
* (pre-2012) alternative form of lange
* definite singular of lange

### Verb

langa (present tense langar, past tense langa, past participle langa, passive infinitive langast, present participle langande, imperative langa/lang)
* Alternative form of lange

### References

* “langa” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

### Anagrams

* galna

## Old English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlɑn.ɡɑ/, [ˈlɑŋ.ɡɑ]

### Adjective

langa
* inflection of lang:
** strong nominative/accusative feminine plural
** weak nominative masculine singular

## Old Norse
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *langōną.

#### Verb

langa
* to long for

##### Descendants

* Icelandic: langa
* Old Swedish: langa

### Etymology 2

Probably related to langr (“long”), in reference to its length. Compare Dutch leng.

#### Noun

langa f (genitive lǫngu)
* (zoology) ling

##### Descendants

* Icelandic: langa
* Faroese: longa
* Norwegian Nynorsk: lange
* Norwegian Bokmål: lange, longe
* → Irish: langa
* → Scottish Gaelic: langa

#### References

* ↑ “ling”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
* ↑ Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “ling”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Adjective

langa
* inflection of langr:
** strong feminine singular accusative
** strong masculine plural accusative
** weak masculine singular oblique
** weak feminine singular nominative
** weak neuter singular

#### Further reading

* Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “langa”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

## Old Swedish
### Etymology

From Old Norse langa, from Proto-Germanic *langōną.

### Verb

langa
* to long for

#### Descendants

* Swedish: långa (archaic)

## Romansch
### Alternative forms

* launa (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Puter)
* làna (Sutsilvan)
* lana (Vallader)

### Etymology

From Latin lāna.

### Noun

langa f
* (Surmiran) wool

## Scottish Gaelic
### Etymology

From Old Norse langa; compare Irish langa.

### Pronunciation

* (Lewis, Harris, Wester Ross) IPA: /ˈl̪ˠãɣə/
* (Uist) IPA: /ˈl̪ˠaŋɡə/
* (Barra) IPA: /ˈl̪ˠaŋɡʌ/

### Noun

langa m (plural langannan)
* common ling (Molva molva)

### References

* ↑ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 langa”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* ↑ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
* ↑ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1940) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. I: The dialects of the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, page 232
* ↑ Roy Wentworth (2003) Gaelic Words and Phrases From Wester Ross / Faclan is Abairtean à Ros an Iar, Inverness: CLÀR, →ISBN
* ↑ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎, Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
* ↑ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap

## Swedish
### Etymology

Borrowed from German langen.

### Verb

langa (present langar, preterite langade, supine langat, imperative langa)
* (often with a particle like fram, in, ner, upp, or hit) to toss, to sling (throw with a swinging motion)
* (often with hit) to give, to hand over (something to someone)
    Langa hit jordnötterna!"Toss" me the peanuts!
* to buy liquor on behalf of youngsters who themselves are too young to be allowed to do it
* to trade in illicit drugs (or other illegal products), to deal

#### Usage notes

Likely interpreted as a throwing metaphor by most native speakers in senses beside (sense 1), though (sense 2) is the original one.

#### Related terms

* langare
* langning

#### See also

* köpa ut

### References

* langa in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* langa in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* langa in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

### Anagrams

* galan, galna